EJToday: Top Headlines

"Storms Bolster California Snowpack, Ease Drought" [9]

"Record rain and snowfall in recent weeks has eased half of California out of a persistent drought and bolstered the store of mountain snow that the state relies on to provide water during the warm, dry spring and summer."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Source: Reuters [17], 03/06/2023
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"EPA Mandates States Report On Cyber Threats To Water Systems" [18]

"The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [20]
Disasters [12]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Technology [24]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [26], 03/06/2023
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Kentucky Residents Angered by USFS Logging Plan That Targets Mature Trees [27]

"Brandon Bowlin learned of the U.S. government’s plan for clear-cutting in the southernmost mountains of Daniel Boone National Forest only a few weeks after the hard summer rains of 2022, when the earth slid off a mountain beneath a slope he had once logged."

Biodiversity [28]
Climate Change [11]
Environmental Politics [29]
Forests [30]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [31]
Source: Inside Climate News [32], 03/06/2023
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"Manchin Indicates Opposition To Biden Lands Nominee Over Internal Memo" [33]

"Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is putting the future of one of President Biden’s nominees to the Interior Department in question."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Politics [29]
Natural Resources [35]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [36], 03/06/2023
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"‘Silicon Valley of Lithium’: Nevada Mine Breaks Ground" [37]

"What could become the nation’s largest lithium mine broke ground in Nevada this [last] week, positioning the political swing state as a likely leader in pumping out battery minerals critical for making electric vehicles and meeting President Joe Biden’s climate goals."

Laws & Regulations [22]
Natural Resources [35]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [39]
Source: E&E News [40], 03/06/2023
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‘15-Minute City’ Planning Is On The Rise, Experts Say. Here's What To Know [41]

"For many, living in a city means facing tedious traffic, packed subways and imposing buildings amid the sprawl. But the increasingly popular urban planning concept known as the “15-minute city” has revived the abiding idea that they should operate at human scale, envisioning a city where every resident can reach essential resources by foot, bicycle or public transport within a quarter of an hour."

Climate Change [11]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Politics [29]
Infrastructure [21]
Planning & Growth [42]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
International [43]
Source: Washington Post [44], 03/06/2023
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"US To Focus Bison Restoration On Expanding Tribal Herds" [45]

"U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West."

Biodiversity [28]
Environmental Justice [46]
Natural Resources [35]
Wildlife [47]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [48], 03/06/2023
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Biden Backs Bipartisan Railway Safety Bill After Ohio Derailment [49]

"President Biden on Thursday threw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would tighten federal oversight of trains carrying hazardous materials in the aftermath of a derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that spilled toxic chemicals."

Chemicals [19]
Disasters [12]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Politics [29]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: The Hill [50], 03/03/2023
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"Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ About To Get Their First US Limits" [51]

"The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources."

Chemicals [19]
Consumer [20]
Environmental Health [13]
Infrastructure [21]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [52], 03/03/2023
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"Did Dioxins Spread After The Ohio Train Derailment?" [53]

"On Thursday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins."

Chemicals [19]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [23]
Transportation [38]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [54]
Source: AP [55], 03/03/2023
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Congress Tackles Farm Bill As Ag Emissions Rise, Climate Batters Farms [56]

"The legislation represents a major chance to tackle emissions, but some lawmakers vow to keep climate measures out. Advocates call for more climate-focused conservation."

Agriculture [10]
Climate Change [11]
Disasters [12]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Inside Climate News [57], 03/03/2023
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"California Reactors Win Exemption In Fight To Keep Running" [58]

"Government regulators Thursday granted California’s largest utility an unusual exemption that could allow the state’s last nuclear power plant to continue running after the expiration of its federal operating licenses, a key piece of a contentious proposal to keep the reactors producing electricity for years to come."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [59]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
California [16]
Source: AP [60], 03/03/2023
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Tijuana River Sewage May Be Contaminating Air Along S. Calif. Coast: Study [61]

"Chronic coastal contamination from the Tijuana River can end up in the atmosphere as “sea spray aerosol” — spreading far beyond the San Diego County beaches where it has long polluted the water, a new study has found."

Air [62]
Environmental Health [13]
Laws & Regulations [22]
Pollution [23]
Waste [63]
Water & Oceans [25]
Public [14]
California [16]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [64]
Mexico [65]
Source: The Hill [66], 03/03/2023
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"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reached A Record High In 2022" [67]

"Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Pollution [23]
Public [14]
International [43]
Source: AP [68], 03/03/2023
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"Next Labor Secretary Will Face A Big Shortage Of Clean-Energy Workers" [69]

"President Biden on Tuesday nominated Julie Su to be the next labor secretary ... . If confirmed by the Senate, Su would face a major challenge: a shortage of workers in the clean-energy industry that threatens to derail the administration’s ambitious climate agenda."

Climate Change [11]
Energy & Fuel [34]
Public [14]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: Washington Post [70], 03/03/2023
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